The Shaheed Minar is a national monument built in rememberance of those killed in the Language Movement in 1952. On February 21st, 1952 dozens of students and political activists were killed when the Pakistani Police force opened fire on Bengali protesters who were demanding equal status of their mother tongue, Bangla. The planning, selection of the site and the construction work of the memorial were done on the initiative of the students of Dhaka Medical College. The small structure of the first memorial, on a base 101/2 feet high and 6 feet wide, was constructed at the spot where the shootings had taken place: the south-eastern corner of the present Shaheed Minar premises. Immediately after construction, a plate with the words ‘ Shahid Smrtistambha’ (monument in the memory of the martyrs) was affixed to the monument. On February 26th 1952, it was demolished by the Pakistani Police Force.
Shaheed Minar
The Shaheed Minar is a national monument built in rememberance of those killed in the Language Movement in 1952. On February 21st, 1952 dozens of students and political activists were killed when the Pakistani Police force opened fire on Bengali protesters who were demanding equal status of their mother tongue, Bangla. The planning, selection of the site and the construction work of the memorial were done on the initiative of the students of Dhaka Medical College. The small structure of the first memorial, on a base 101/2 feet high and 6 feet wide, was constructed at the spot where the shootings had taken place: the south-eastern corner of the present Shaheed Minar premises. Immediately after construction, a plate with the words ‘ Shahid Smrtistambha’ (monument in the memory of the martyrs) was affixed to the monument. On February 26th 1952, it was demolished by the Pakistani Police Force.
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